From: utzoo!decvax!microsof!uw-beaver!cornell!vax135!floyd!wgg
Newsgroups: net.followup
Title: Re: The British 1 pound coin
Article-I.D.: floyd.1471
Posted: Tue Apr 26 08:47:10 1983
Received: Thu Apr 28 01:50:37 1983

Actually, the inscription "DECUS et tutamen" commemorates
something that dates from a far earlier time than even
the British Empire or Britain itself.  I am referring,
of course, to the ancient Egyptians, who had a maintenance
contract with DEC, signed by Tutankhamen himself.  The
spelling on the coin was truncated because of space
restrictions.